Co-transfer of resistance to high concentrations of copper and first-line antibiotics among Enterococcus from different origins (humans, animals, the environment and foods) and clonal lineages | Zendy

Eduarda Silveira | Zendy; Ana R. Freitas | Zendy; Patrı́cia Antunes | Zendy; Mariana Barros | Zendy; Joana Campos | Zendy; Teresa M. Coque | Zendy; Luı́sa Peixe | Zendy; Carla Novais | Zendy

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Co-transfer of resistance to high concentrations of copper and first-line antibiotics among Enterococcus from different origins (humans, animals, the environment and foods) and clonal lineages

Author(s) -

Eduarda Silveira,

Ana R. Freitas,

Patrı́cia Antunes,

Mariana Barros,

Joana Campos,

Teresa M. Coque,

Luı́sa Peixe,

Carla Novais

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt479

Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , enterococcus faecalis , microbiology and biotechnology , multilocus sequence typing , biology , enterococcus , antibiotic resistance , tetracycline , antibiotics , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , ampicillin , horizontal gene transfer , genetics , gene , escherichia coli , genotype , phylogenetics

We studied the occurrence of diverse copper (Cu) tolerance genes from Gram-positive bacteria and their co-transfer with antibiotic resistance genes among Enterococcus from diverse sources.

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